Writing for Wikipedia - why?

[William Douglas]

I spent a couple of hours last night writing an article for Wikipedia. This might seem strange when I am so far from completing many articles for The Douglas Archives. But, somehow, the two sometimes seem to go together.

Many of the full Wikipedia 'nobility' articles written about the Douglas family were just one liners when I first started contributing. Now, someone, or probably lots of someones, has added to them and built a full biography. This information then flows back into the Douglas Archives.

So, when I find a Wikipedia 'stub' about which I have more information, I like to put something back.

On this occasion, there was a dead link to Walter Douglas, Governor of the Leeward Islands. I had been gathering bits and pieces on him over the years, but he had never been a focus of my attention. This has become easier as more information about him has become available on-line. I still do not have the full story, but now that he has a Wikipedia page, I am confident more about him will come to light, and so my Douglas Archives article will also become more complete.

Perhaps you know more about Walter Douglas? You know what to do!

Walter in Wikipedia

Walter in the Douglas Archives